With the objective of suppressing or preventing a kink effect in the operation of a semiconductor device having a high breakdown voltage field effect transistor, n+ type semiconductor regions, each having a conduction type opposite to p+ type semiconductor regions for a source and drain of a high breakdown voltage pMIS, are disposed in a boundary region between each of trench type isolation portions at both ends, in a gate width direction, of a channel region of the high breakdown voltage pMIS and a semiconductor substrate at positions spaced away from p− type semiconductor regions, each having a field relaxing function, of the high breakdown voltage pMIS, so as not to contact the p− type semiconductor regions (on the drain side, in particular). The n+ type semiconductor regions extend to positions deeper than the trench type isolation portions.
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1. A semiconductor device having a first MISFET comprising: a first well of a first conduction type formed in a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulating film of the first MISFET formed over the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode of the first MISFET formed over the gate insulating film; first semiconductor regions of a second conduction type opposite to the first conduction type formed in the first well and serving as part of source and drain regions of the first MISFET; second semiconductor regions of the second conduction type formed in the first well, having a lower impurity concentration than that of the first semiconductor regions and serving as part of source and drain regions of the first MISFET; and an insulating film formed in the first well and embedded into a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate; wherein the second semiconductor regions surround the first semiconductor regions and the insulating film, wherein, in a gate length direction of the first MISFET, the insulating film is arranged between the first semiconductor regions and a channel region under the gate insulating film, wherein, in the gate length direction, ends of the gate electrode are formed over the insulating film, wherein third semiconductor regions of the first conduction type are formed at ends of the channel region in a gate width direction of said MISFET, and the third semiconductor regions are away from the source and drain regions of the first MISFET, and wherein an impurity concentration of the third semiconductor regions is higher than that of the first well.
2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the third semiconductor regions is deeper than that of the insulating film.
3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate insulating film includes: a first gate insulating film formed over the first well; and a second gate insulating film formed over the first gate insulating film and the insulating film, and wherein ends of the gate electrode are formed over the second gate insulating film.
4. A semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the second gate insulating film is thicker than the first gate insulating film.
5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein silicide layers are formed over the gate electrode and the first semiconductor regions.
6. A semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the silicide layers are made of cobalt silicide, titanium silicide, platinum silicide, nickel silicide or tungsten silicide.
7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conduction type is p-type, and wherein the second conduction type is n-type.
8. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conduction type is n-type, and wherein the second conduction type is p-type.
9. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second MISFET which includes a thinner gate insulating film than that of the first MISFET.
10. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first MISFET is constituted of a part of circuits for driving a liquid crystal display.
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